Phonograph.



tion consists in certain constructions and' arrangerrients .of the partsthat I shall here'- inafter fully describe and claim.

Fora full understanding of the' invention,` reference. is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a longitudinal sectionaliview of a phonograph embodying theimprovements of my invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional viewthereof; and, Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View illustrating a deflectorthat is (.orresponding and like parts are. referred to in the. followindescription and indicatedH in all theviewso the drawings by the samereference characters.

'lhe cabinet of my improvedphonograph comprises a bottom l, aback 2, twosides 3, a front 4, and a lid or cov'er 5 which may be hinged to swingupwardly at its front end, as shown.y This cabinet may be made of anydesired wood or other material and is the shell in which my. improvedsound amplifying means are fitted.

The sound amplifying means of my uwention is preferab y constructedentn'ely of rubber, either hard or soft, preferably'thc former. Exceptits top, it is formed of one casting, preferably, and embodies l sides 7that extend parallel throughout the major portion of their length, aboitoin plate G, webs 8 between the two sides and dlvergixig forwardlyso as to form with the sides outwardly llared sound passages, said websbeing comlected together at their front ends by a cross web E), andcurved walls l0 which form divergent branches from the lower end of alaterally elongated or elliptical opening ll. atthe rear of the casing,a deflector 12 asbest seen in Fig. 3, being mounted in said -soas todeflect the sound laterally and forwardly through the branches 1() toSpecification of Letters'latent.

i pplicatlon filed October 17, 1907. Serial No. 397.923,

which thc ends of the branche:d

. Whici receives the spindle 21 amplifying means is provided HERMANNSCHRDER, or New room` 1;. VILBIE CPY PH-ONOGRAPH.

the outwardly flared sound with unimi cate, asbest seen in Fig. 2. Theflared sound passages formed by yhe webs S and side walls of thealhrubber casting, conniunicalc al their front ends. it beingnote-(lili. t the web 9 is set back somewhat from the front of thccabinet. The front, is, as shown7 formed with a laterally elongatedopening registering with the front ends of tlielsaid passages ito'provide for the free issuance of the sound; he base 13 of the taperyarm entends u i Wardly from the opening .ll and above t e l upper endof said base portion. is a vspider i4 having a downwardly projectingpivot orspindle 15 mounted in a bearing on the lower arm of a bracket 17screwed or otherwise secured to the back 2 ofthe cabinet. portion 13 ofAthe taper armas formed with an opening 1.6 for the passage of the lowerarm' of said bracket. The. super-posed section of the taper arm carriesa spider 14 or is supported thereby, and an elbow 19 is secured to theupper end of the section 18, said elbow bein formed with a boss having asocket projecting downwardly from the upper arni of the bracket 17. vThese two pivot points are in vertical alinement, as shown, and providefor the horizontal swinging movement of the taper arm 20. This arm ismounted to move up and down inthe .end of thel clearly indicated inFig. 1. A

The rubber casting constituting the sound with a preferably "rubber lid6, as seen in Fig. l and above elbow 19, as

The base this lid is awoodenorfother platform 22 del I signed to supportthe tnrnjtable for the rec# ord and the motor casing 22u which issuspended therefrom and occupies the open' space provided for it at themiddle ofthe rubber casting that forms the sound amplitying means, thatis, in thespace between the webs 8 and 9 and the. front wall of thebranches 1Q. This platform 22 is supported at its rear corners on thecorner ,post 23 of the outside casing or cabinet. l Itis also supportedat its front corners on corresponding posts 23,1and the latter arerabbeted to receive. the ends of the upper and lower ycross bars 24.Each onebf these cross barshasa number of tuning vpegs secured to itandsympathetic strings 9 5 in the nature of violin or similar strings areconnected to the pegs and. extend rearwardly or longitudinally throughthe'respective flared sound tne taper arm to provide divergent passages,of the cabinet to the taper arm and being said passages merging tovetherat the front )rovi'ded with passages extending forwardl of the cabinetand the cabinet being formed liiorn the taper arm and spaced from eacwith an opening atlfad point, and two series !Qther to provide a middlespace for the ac# 5 .of sympathetic strings, the respective Series-coinrnodation of a motor casing within the 20 '-'exten'ding from thelfreni; opening vin the cabinet, the cabinet being formed at its frontcabinet through the front portions of said with an opening with whichthe forward ends passages, the strings of cach :series extending of saidpassages communicate; alternately in downwardly inclined and np- Intestimony whereof I aiiix my signatur-e i0 warclly inclined directions,and supports-.for I in presence of two witnesses; f said strings.

8.` A talking machine embodying a taper HFKMAAN SLHRODI- [L' Si arm, acabinet, a sound amplifying means Witnesses:

mounted in saidl cabinet, said soundampli-` Flibfgiaaicx S. STLTT,

15 ,tying means vbeing connected at the rear end W. l. WooDsoN.

